Check protector for pens



Nov. 3, 1931.

H. S. HEINEMAN CHECK PROTECTOR FOR PENS Filed Feb. 14, 1928 ZM EMTOR:

\ HERBERT S. Hfl/Vf N, 5)

fiTTORA/EK Patented Nov. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERBERT-S: HEIN'EMAN, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA onncxrnorncrron non PENS Application fiiea February 14, 1928. Serial No. 254,193.

My invention relates to check protecting devices, and more particularly to pocket check protecting devices. 3 Y s Various check protectors have been placed 5' on the market but, for the most part, these are not only quite cost-1y but they are heavy and difiicult to carry. It is therefore possible to use these only in olfices where a sufficient number of'checks is written to justify the expense of purchasingsu'ch a check protector and a place Where 'it may be permanently installed for use. p

It is an object of my invention to provide a check protector which maybe sold at a low price and which may be easily carried in the pocket and made available for use by the public generally.

In the modern business world checks are usually written with a fountain pen. It is therefore another object'of my 1nvention to provide a check protector which is adapted to be associated with a fountain pen in such a manner that, whenever it is necessary to use the pen, this check protector will be available.

sociated with a pen so as to be capable of being actuated by using the body of the pen as a handle, yet which will not interfere in any way with the normal use of the pen for writing purposes.

As fountain pen bodies vary greatly in diameter, it is essential that a check protector as above mentioned be adapted to fit pens of different diameter.

It is therefore another object of myinvention to provide a check protector which may be easily fitted to any of several fountain pens the diameters of which differ considerably.

A further object of my invention is to tion.

provide a check protector which has a simple locking means for retaining it in place when it has been applied to the body of a fountain pen. 7

Further objects and advantages will be made manifest in the following description taken in connection with the drawings, in which: l

Fig. 1 is aperspective View of a fountain pen with which a preferred embodiment of the check protector of my invention is shown associated.

Fig. 2 is anenlarged elevational view of the check protector shown in Fig. 1 with portions thereof shown in section for purposes of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevational view of a modified form of the check protector of my invention invention upon a check.

Referring specifically to the drawings: A fountain pen 10 has a'body 11 which includes a stem 12 and a cover 13 having a clip '14. Fitted upon the upper end of the cover 13 of the body 11 is a check protector '16 which embodies the features of my inven- 1 The check protector 16 includes a shell v17 formed of resilient sheet metal. The shell 17 has a tubular shaped wall 18 and a cupped head portion 19. Formed in the shell 17 substantially at'the juncture of "the Wall. 18 and the head-19 is a semi-annular slot 20. Extending throughout the length of the wall 18 is a slot 22 which is notched at its upper end to form abutment shoulders 23. The ends -of the'wall 18 adjacent the slots QO'and 22 are therefore clearly yieldable so that the shell 17 may be bent so as to yieldably fit pens which differ considerably in diameter. When thus placed over the cover 13 of the pen 10, s the shell 17 retains the check protector 16 the cap 16 may be moved onto the pen cover 13 may be provided in a flange 25 which is stamped inwardly from the shell 17 directly opposite the position of the slot 20 so that the flange 25 abuts against the upper end of the pen body cover 13.

Out-struck upward from the central portion of the head 19 are two ears 28 which thus form a central opening 29 in the head 19. Pivotally mounted on a pin 30, which extends between the ears 28, is a rotary die 31, the outer surface of which is provided with teeth on the surface thereof, as shown in the drawings. When thus mounted, the die 31 extends into the opening 29 so as to make a snug fit therewith without the die 31 contacting an edge of the opening 29 when it is rotated on the pin 30. It is also noted that owing to the stop shoulders 23, and the stop flange 25, the check protector 16 cannot be forced onto the body 11 of the pen 10 so that the die 31 would foul against the cover 13 of this body, nor can the check protector be inadvertently lost from said pen ody.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

When a check has been written with the pen 10, the check is placed on a blotter or other soft surface and the pen 10 is turned in the hand so that the check protector 16 is disposed downward. The rotary die 31 is then rolled forcefully against the face of the check on that portion thereof upon which the amounts of money for which the check is drawn have been written. If the check is now examined closely, it will be found that a series of perforations 36 have been formed in the check, as shown in Fig. 5. These perforations expose the unfinished body of the paper so that if alteration of the amount of the check is attempted, the ink will blot on these exposed portions, thus defeating the object of the one tampering with the check.

It is thus seen that the check protector 16 serves an extremely valuable purpose and that it does this without interfering in any way with the normal use of the pen 10 for writing purposes.

It is also pointed out that the check protector 16 is adapted to be readily applied to any of the standard fountain pens, which differ considerably in diameter. Moreover, once applied to a pen, it is retained against being inadvertently lost because of the positioning of the shoulders 23 opposite the base a of the clip 14.

A modified form 38 of the check protector of my invention is illustrated in Fig. 4, the difference between this and the check protector 16 being that the cup portion 39 of the check protector 38 is conical in shape so that the necessity for formation of the internal flange 25 in the check protector 38 is eliminated.

I claim as my invention:

1. An attachment for fountain pens which are provided with clips, said attachment com prising a shell-like body portion, a die member rotatably carried by said body portion, the side wall of said body being cut away to form relatively yieldable wall sections permitting said body to be fitted on fountain pens of different diameters, the free ends of said wall sections having notches form ing shoulders and being spaced to adapt the ends to receive therebetween a fountain pen clip with the shoulders engageable with the clip to limit movement of the attachment relative the pen.

2. An attachment for fountain pens which are provided with clips, said attachment comprising a shell-like body portion having a cupped end provided with outstruck cars, a

die member rotatably carried by said ears,-

said body adjacent said cupped end having a semi-annular flange stamped inwardly to form a stop and a semi-annular slot directly opposite the flange, the body further being cut away from the slot to the end opposite to the cupped end to form with the slot relatively yieldable wall sections with the free ends of said sections havlng notches forming shoulders and being spaced to adapt the ends to receive therebetween a fountain pen clip with the shoulders engageable with the clip to limit movement of the attachment relative the pen.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 8th day of February, 1928.

HERBERT S. HEINEMAN. 

